Cat intestinal atony

Re: Cat intestinal atony

Christina Smith — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:19:52 GMT

+1 for biochem. Hypercalcaemia. Royal Canin Fibre responsive diet excellent for chronic cases [sorry RC nonPC at moment]

Re: Cat intestinal atony

Cesar Moreno — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 01:06:32 GMT

Hi everyone, What about biochemistry ? Any general blood test? How is the liver? Bilirubin ?

Re: Cat intestinal atony

Joyce Whitehead — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:48:33 GMT

As an extra suggestion, for those cats who won't take lactulose (or the owners can't give it) -movicol is fantastic. I can't remember who on here suggested it but it is really easy to give and extremely effective. I tend to go for an unscientific pinch twice daily (it is powder, be sure to get the unflavoured version) but the human dose is extremely wide. There was a discussion on here as to side effects but I have seen none, and neither had others on here who had used it.

Re: Cat intestinal atony

Martin Atkinson — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 12:42:20 GMT

Wot Kate said, I've controlled a number of mega-colon cases with Lactulose the trick is to dose to effect i.e. soft faeces not quite diarrhoea and keeping the clients on board, getting them back regularly, at least once a month or they have a nasty habit of not complying and the cat gets blocked again, plus drum into them to report as soon as the cat hasn't passed faeces for 48 hrs then an emema and an bit of milking out can work before they get rock solid. Bit if it persists, don't be scared of a subtotal colonectomy, so long as you don't resect too far back to the pelvis it is quite straightforward, easier than an enterectomy as the blood supply is easier to deal with.

Re: Cat intestinal atony

Aurelijus vet — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:15:16 GMT

Thank you all for the advice and suggestions.

Have a nice day!

Re: Cat intestinal atony

Kate Richardson — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:51:40 GMT

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Faeces are hard consistency."Solid as a rock"

Diet Royal Canin intestinal dry/wet.

Period are about six months.During that time, two times removed from the intestinal fecal accumulations.Yesterday was the second time.

Not of xrays.

Laxatives:Laxatract,castor oil.

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Make sure cat is not dehydrated and has no reason to be such as renal disease as Andrew suggests. I assume there is no history of trauma/pelvic trauma to suggest pelvic canal narrowing. Xrays to check for megacolon/trauma/arthritis. A lot of cats with arthritis find it difficult to adopt the posture for effective defaecation so hold on for longer meaning the faeces sit there and dry out, so if any signs of arthritis such as reduced ability to jump/poor grooming, adding pain relief helps eg meloxicam (as long as not dehydrated).

Laxatives- try lactulose 1-5mls 2-3 times daily, adjust dose according to response. There are others but I find lactulose effective in most cases.And change to a totally wet diet.

Re: Cat intestinal atony

Miriam Lodewyks — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:46:18 GMT

I have seen something similar in an older cat with insulin resistant diabetes mellitus, presumed to be suffering from acromegaly. No cure, but colonectomy resolved the problem.

Re: Cat intestinal atony

Andrew Kent — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:09:04 GMT

I would suggest looking for underlying diseases that may cause this, for example chronic renal failure. And doing some X-rays to look for megacolon. If nothing else you could try cisapride or ranitidine as a pro-kinetic.

Andy

Re: Cat intestinal atony

Aurelijus vet — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 21:57:53 GMT

Faeces are hard consistency."Solid as a rock"

Diet Royal Canin intestinal dry/wet.

Period are about six months.During that time, two times removed from the intestinal fecal accumulations.Yesterday was the second time.

Not of xrays.

Laxatives:Laxatract,castor oil.

Re: Cat intestinal atony

Kate Richardson — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 21:38:31 GMT

Several questions first-

What are the faeces like?

What is its diet?

What time period are we talking about?

Have you done any imaging such as xrays?

Or tried any medications such as laxatives?